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First lady takes on 'food deserts'
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Posted on 07/20/2011 1:52:48 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
When will our national nightmare (the Obamas) end?
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:13:04 PM PDT
by
manic4organic
(We won. Get over it.)
To: Sub-Driver
This is all well and good, but unless the government starts confiscating deep fryers and frying pans from the poor I don't think it will make a lot of difference.
People's eating habits aren't going to change simply because Wal-Mart offers low cost healthy items.
To: Sub-Driver
Michelle Obama unveiled the latest push in her healthy-eating campaign Wednesday, announcing several national and regional food retailers have pledged to expand into a string of low-income markets where finding nutritious food options is nearly impossible. If the residents of the "low-income markets" didn't rob food retailers blind, there would already be food retailers there.
As a matter of fact, they used to be in those areas before the Section 8 crowd took over.
Why doesn't the First Wookie have the residents of her "food deserts" pledge to not rob the food retailers blind?
Or would that be racist?
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:13:17 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." - Bertrand de Jouvenel des Ursins)
To: Sub-Driver
There may not be any food deserts. The July 7 issue of The Economist had an article about the so called food deserts, and notes that “the definition of a food desert is any census area where at least 20% of inhabitants are below the poverty line and 33% live more than a mile from a supermarket.” That is, the USDA only looks at supermarkets. It ignores roadside stands, superstores, health food stores, etc. It seems the whole notion of food deserts may be bogus.
To: Sub-Driver
![](http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/86946/86946,1212958704,1/stock-photo-background-filled-with-colorful-cakes-and-desserts-with-fresh-fruits-13533028.jpg)
Oh, you said "deserts"? Never mind.
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:13:51 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Dasaji; GeorgeTex
They’ll have to build them like the old Automats! Your head of lettuce will be behind an unbreakable windowed door. You’ll have to put your money in a slot to open the little door and get you Arugala!
To: Zeppelin
One of my favorite MO pics...
For some reason I always hear the intro to Wide World of Sports when I see this one...
"...Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety..."
47
posted on
07/20/2011 2:14:43 PM PDT
by
skimbell
To: Sub-Driver
48
posted on
07/20/2011 2:15:18 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: lacrew
“proposing $330 million from the budget next year...”
——that’s funny-—I don’t think they’ve ever paid anyone
off to “see it their way”.......have they.....?
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:15:36 PM PDT
by
supremedoctrine
(No need for a tagline, but here it is anyway..........)
To: DManA
Most likely they will be subsidized or given tax incentives to open up in these locations
50
posted on
07/20/2011 2:15:38 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: Dasaji
Take a closer look. This is just a ploy for more federal control of food.
Many of our local "deserts" are either in affluent suburban neighborhoods with posh supermarkets just out of easy walking distance (or maybe the criteria is No Sidewalks) or in rural areas miles from anything.
Many, many folks in these rural areas have EXCELLENT gardens providing food that meets the 'Locavore' (local food movement) mantra.
Go to the website and click on several pink areas with which you are familiar. Tell me, do they look like 'deserts' to you?
Some of our local "deserts' contain nice restaurants/delis/grocery stores which I frequently visit for dessert.
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:17:04 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
(For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know.)
To: Sub-Driver
This from a woman who pigs out on milk shakes and double cheeseburgers..liberals..such hypocrites
To: MayflowerMadam
The CNN link no longer exists. Did they really misspell desert?
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:19:27 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: massgopguy
Because they can’t use their EBT cards and food stamps to buy liquor, cigarettes and lottery tickets there. That’s why....vegtables? We don’t need no vegtables!
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:20:37 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Sub-Driver
If a parent wants to pack a piece of fruit in a childs lunch, if a parent wants to add some lettuce to a salad at dinner, they shouldnt have to take three city busses
to go to another community to make that possible, the first lady said at during a White House event marking the new effort. Michele doesn't get out much. Who does she think takes THREE buses to get lettuce!?! It is a parent's decision what to make for THEIR kids. If they want to use fruit fine, but if they want to make a desert, great. She is such an idiot!
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:22:09 PM PDT
by
oneamericanvoice
(Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
To: Sub-Driver
If a parent wants to pack a piece of fruit in a childs lunch, if a parent wants to add some lettuce to a salad at dinner, they shouldnt have to take three city busses
to go to another community to make that possible, the first lady said at during a White House event marking the new effort. Michele doesn't get out much. Who does she think takes THREE buses to get lettuce!?! It is a parent's decision what to make for THEIR kids. If they want to use fruit fine, but if they want to make a desert, great. She is such an idiot!
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:22:17 PM PDT
by
oneamericanvoice
(Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
To: Gaffer
I have a solution for “food deserts”.
If you want stores to stay open in your neighborhood,
teach your progeny NOT TO STEAL.
In other words, clean up your culture, and the stores will come.
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:22:25 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
To: JoanneSD
Take three buses!!!! holy eat your peas.. where I came from and in many many areas of the country, the nearest market can be at least an hrs drive away...and there are no buses to be found.. with their union drivers
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:23:29 PM PDT
by
JoanneSD
(TEA PARTY VERSES TEE TIME)
To: Responsibility2nd
Or letting Walmart build a big box store there that includes a low price grocery section in those “food deserts”.
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:23:56 PM PDT
by
tbw2
To: Sub-Driver
Michelle Obama unveiled the latest push in her healthy-eating campaign Wednesday, announcing several national and regional food retailers have pledged to expand into a string of low-income markets where finding nutritious food options is nearly impossible. There was a time in this country when parents were responsible for feeding their children. A typical lunch was inexpensive and consisted of a sandwich, a piece of fruit like an apple, and maybe a cookie and/or yogurt. Are there any food retailers that do not carry fresh fruit, peanut butter, and cookies or yogurt?
The first lady appears to be a "do as I say, not as I do" kind of person.
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posted on
07/20/2011 2:24:20 PM PDT
by
olezip
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